Santa Clara University
Santa Clara won the academic experience category based on alumni data from the past two years. Academic experience is based on the average score of 15 one-to-ten scaled questions (80%) and the average rating of three other questions looking at international experiences, student clubs and organizations, and completing a consulting project (20%). Santa Clara won the average of the 15 scaled questions and took fifth in the average rating of the three other questions.
Following Santa Clara was the College of William & Mary. USC, the University of North Carolina’s Kenan-Flagler Business School, and Carnegie Mellon rounded out the top five, respectfully.
Ranking Online MBA Academic Experience
| Academic Experience Rank | School | Academic Experience Total |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Santa Clara University (Leavey) | 100.00 |
| 2 | College of William & Mary (Mason) | 98.48 |
| 3 | University of Southern California | 96.40 |
| 4 | University of North Carolina (Kenan-Flagler) | 95.29 |
| 5 | Carnegie Mellon University (Tepper) | 94.23 |
| 6 | Lehigh University | 93.99 |
| 7 | University of Denver (Daniels) | 92.23 |
| 8 | University of Washington (Foster) | 89.81 |
| 9 | Indiana University (Kelley) | 89.16 |
| 10 | University of Utah (Eccles) | 86.28 |
| 11 | Baylor University (Hankamer) | 85.74 |
| 12 | Auburn University (Harbert) | 85.61 |
| 13 | Rice University (Jones) | 84.47 |
| 14 | Louisiana State University (Ourso) | 83.43 |
| 15 | Jack Welch Management Institute | 82.71 |
| 16 | North Carolina State University (Poole) | 81.53 |
| 17 | University of Florida (Warrington) | 80.92 |
| 18 | Syracuse University (Whitman) | 80.90 |
| 19 | University of Tennessee-Chattanooga | 80.76 |
| 20 | Hofstra University (Zarb) | 80.09 |
| 21 | Worcester Polytechnic Institute | 79.78 |
| 22 | Villanova University | 79.15 |
| 23 | University of Massachusetts (Isenberg) | 78.64 |
| 24 | University of Maryland (Smith) | 76.89 |
| 25 | George Washingon University | 74.59 |
| 26 | Arizona State University (W. P. Carey) | 72.62 |
| 27 | Pepperdine University (Graziado) | 72.08 |
| 28 | Ohio University | 72.07 |
| 29 | University of North Dakota (Nistler) | 70.62 |
| 30 | University of Kansas | 70.23 |
| 31 | Washington State University (Carson) | 69.04 |
| 32 | University of South Florida (Muma) | 67.64 |
| 33 | University of Nebraska-Lincoln | 67.04 |
| 34 | Temple University (Fox) | 64.30 |
| 35 | University of Delaware (Lerner) | 64.04 |
| 36 | American University (Kogod) | 62.90 |
| 37 | SUNY Oswego | 62.16 |
| 38 | Bryant University | 61.42 |
| 39 | Florida International University | 61.23 |
| 40 | Creighton University (Heider) | 59.22 |
| 41 | University of North Texas (Brint Ryan) | 57.47 |
| 42 | University of Arizona (Eller) | 57.30 |
| 43 | Kennesaw State | 56.83 |
| 44 | University of Wisconsin (Consortium) | 54.76 |
| 45 | University of Texas-Dallas (Jindal) | 54.46 |
| 46 | Oklahoma State University (Watson) | 52.50 |
| 47 | Drexel University (LeBow) | 46.76 |
| 48 | University of Cincinnati (Linder) | 28.36 |
| 49 | Northeastern University (D’Amore-McKim) | 27.84 |
| 50 | University of Massachusetts-Lowell (Manning) | 27.17 |
| 51 | University of Michigan-Dearborn | 24.28 |
| 52 | Rogers State University | 0.00 |
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